Advertising-bombshell.



No. 645,135.- Patented Mar. r3, I900.

J. SGALUNA.

A'DVERTJSING BOMB SHELL.

- (Application filed Aug. 8, 1899.) (Ho flindal.)

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. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'645,135, dated March13, 1900.'

Application filed August 8, .1899.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SCALONA, a subject of the King of Italy, butnow residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphiaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Advert-ising-Bombshells, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention has relation to a means for distributing or scatteringbroadcast advertising and other matter by an exploding device employedas the vehicle for said matter and causing the distribution orscattering of such matter; and in such connection my invention relatesto the general construction and arrangernent ofthe device for thedefined purposes. p

The principal objects of my invention are, first, to provide a simple,durable, effective, and safe bombshell or the like adapted to containand scatter or distribute broadcast upon the exploding of the shellordevice in daytime matter of an advertising naturesuch as circulars,dodgers, or slips containing descriptive and illustrative matter-or atnight pyrotechnic matter, such as stars or lights, and, second, toprovide an advertising-V bombshell or the like in which the partsthereof are adapted to be readily assembled and removed one from theother and that and claimed.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be morefully understood from the following description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1is a front elevational view of a bombshell or similar device in completeform ready for use embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view through the device of Fig. 1, showing the in-Serial ITO-726,497, (No model.)

ternal construction and arrangement of the two threaded members of theshell, also the manner of fusing from bothends and cap at the bottom,with which the fuse thread or cord is connected for igniting frombeneath the powder contained in the central chamber of the device; andFig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line a: .r of Fig. 2.

Referriu g to the drawings, A represents the complete shell or the-like,consisting of two members a and a. The upper member a, of cylindrical orother form, is made of pasteboard, papier-m-ach, asbestos, wood, orother light and safe material, and the exterior sun face is ribbed orthreaded and has a olosedtop 1 aiwith a fuse-stem a extendingtherethrough and projecting some distance from the top a as clearlyillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The stem extends into the interior of theupper shell (1 and into a double-walled chamber b, adapted to containasuitable exploding material b. Between the inner and outer wall of saidchamber 1) is packed sawdustkor the like 12, and between the exteriorsur ace of the chamber h and wall of the shell as is provided an annularspace c, within which are adapted to be packed for beingscatteredbroadcast or distributed circulars or other similar matter, or in .thespace 0 may be packed or placed matterzadapted upon the exploding of theshell to give olf lighted stars or other designs by night. The sawdustpacked between the inner and outer walls of the central chamber 12 isplaced therein to protect the advertising or other matter within theannular space 0 of the shell from the effects of the explosive action ofthe powder or material within the body of the chamber b in the firingand exploding of the shell or device A.

The lower member a is cylindrical in form, with a closed bottom a andwith a ribbed or threaded exterior surface, so as to be adapted to bescrewed onto the upper member a, and thereby to form a compact shellA'-such, for example, as illustrated in Fig.1 of the drawings. To thebottom of the member a is applied a powder-cap f.

p The fuse-stem a. has coiledaround the same a divided fuse cord orstring 01, and extending along the exterior wall of the shell a andterminating within the cap f on the bottom of the member a, beneath thebase of the cen- 2 scares tral explosive-material chamber b, so as topermit of the ready exploding of the combined shell A from both ends, asthe fusestem a isa time-fuse, and the cord is slightly more rapid thansaid stem in its fusing; but both ends of the shell are arranged so asto ignite and explode at about the same time and without destroying theadvertising matter packed in any preferred manner within the shell aaround about the chamber b of the device, as clearly illustrated in Fig.2 of the drawings;

lnstead of packing the space 0 with circulars or the like for daytimedistribution this space may be packed with a material or materialsadapted upon the explosion of the shell to give off different-coloredlights in the form of stars or the like.

l he device is so constructed and arranged that the respective shells aand a may be readily assembled and taken apart for being packed and thenexploded with safety for causing the internal contents to be widelyscattered about as an advertising medium in the daytime or at night toscatter lights or stars carrying balloons or other devices.

Having thus described the nature and objeets of my invention, whatlclaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. Anadvertising-bombshellor the like, comprising two membersscrew-threaded and turning on each other, the outer member provided withan internal chamber adapted to contain an exploding material with a fuseand a space around about said chamber for receiving and holdingadvertising or other matter and the inner member provided at the basewith a cap into which extends the fuse of said outer member,substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. An advertising-bombshell or the like, comprisingtwo cylindricalmembers screwing onto each other, the outer member provided with achamber adapted to contain explosive material with a fuse and the innermember provided with an ignitible or explosible cap with which isconnected the fuse of the outer member, substantially as and forthenected with the stem of said internal chain-n her and extending intoa cap located at the base of the other member of said shell,substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set,

my signature in the presence of two'subscribing witnesses. A

JOSEPH SOALONA.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, RICHARD C. MAXWELL.

